Thanks Justin. I have activated a watch for that JIRA. But I think I was asking a more ambitious question (hence the comment about perhaps being out of scope). The sketch below shows some of the widget layouts I was imagining:
J
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On 6 Oct 2010, at 14:14, Justin Obara wrote:
> Hi John,
>> Sorry, the layout reorderer does not currently support stacked columns. There is a jira filed for this ( http://issues.fluidproject.org/browse/FLUID-3089 ).
>> Thanks
> Justin
> On 2010-10-06, at 5:42 AM, John Norman wrote:
>>> I have a general question that may be out of scope. The illustrations and the work to date have all used a column layout. Is the reorder capable of working with multiple sections, e.g. a 3 column section below a one column section?
>>>> John
>>>> On 5 Oct 2010, at 17:36, Jonathan Hung wrote:
>>>>> Hi everyone.
>>>>>> Attached is an illustration of a proposed update to the Layout Reorderer demo.
>>>>>> The notable changes are:
>>> - the use of a locked icon to indicate locked content.
>>> - addition of instructions and description of usage.
>>> - a top "drag bar" to movable content.
>>> - an asymmetrical layout bearing resemblance to a website with 2 sidebars and a main content area.
>>>>>> Accessibility question:
>>> - How is this demo accessible to screen readers? I feel that the feedback will need to be descriptive in order to convey the proper ordering and relationships of objects as they are moved between columns.
>>>>>> Questions:
>>> 1. Do you think locked content should have a more distinctive appearance?
>>> 2. What is your opinion of using a lock icon versus having the words "Locked"?
>>>>>> Implementation question:
>>> 3. The lock icons in the content area will be implemented as background images as to not interfere with ATs (in effect be invisible to screen readers). However, the lock icon in the instructions will be "seen" by ATs. It is potentially confusing that the instructions reference a lock image, but the rest of the demo does not as far as the AT is concerned. How should this be handled?
>>>>>>>>> Thoughts on the overall design and comments to the above questions are welcome!
>>>>>> - Jonathan.
>>>>>> ---
>>> Jonathan Hung / jhung at ocad.ca>>> IDRC - Interaction Designer / Researcher
>>> Fax: (416) 977-9844
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